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# Talking Drupal #331 - Migrating Paragraphs for The National Zoo
Today we are talking about Migrating Paragraphs for the National Zoo with Mohammed El-Khatib.

[TalkingDrupal.com/331](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/331)

## Topics
- Nic - Family flew home
- Abby - Little free library -- Hades game
- Mohammed - Migrating D9 to Tailwind CSS and Alpine -- Travel plans fell through
- John - Listening to TD with kids
- National Zoo
    - Favorite animal
- How the National Zoo uses Drupal
- Why the zoo needed to migrate paragraphs
- Mapping migration strategy
- Tool
    - Migrate Plus
    - Migrate Tools
    - Migrate Upgrade
- Nested Paragraphs
- Translation
- Any strategies to migrate
- Resources for help
- Tips and Tricks
- What is next for National Zoo
- Anything to add?

## Resources
- [National Zoo](https://nationalzoo.si.edu/)
- [Paragraphs (and red pandas) in action](https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/red-panda)
- [Migrate Upgrade](https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate_upgrade)
- [Migrate Tools](https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate_tools)
- [Migrate Plus](https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate_plus)
- [Core Migrate Plugins](https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/migrate-api/migrate-process-plugins/list-of-core-migrate-process-plugins)
- [Migrate Plus Plugins](https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/migrate-api/migrate-process-plugins/list-of-process-plugins-provided-by-migrate-plus)
- [Episode 295](https://talkingdrupal.com/295)
- [31 days of migration (free blog series, plus a paid course)](https://understanddrupal.com/31-days-of-migrations)
- [Convert to layout](https://github.com/dsasser/d8-migrate-paragraphs-layout-builder)
- [Phase 2 blog](https://www.phase2technology.com/blog/migrating-paragraphs-to-layout-builder-in-drupal)
- [Talk at govcon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvBGDFQ2M64)
- [Repo containing example: Paragraph and Field Collection migration ](https://github.com/elkhatibmsi/nzp_paragraphs_demo)

## Guests
Mo El-Khatib - [mmelkhatib](https://www.drupal.org/u/mmelkhatib)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
Abby Bowman - [www.linkedin.com/in/arbowman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arbowman) [@abowmanr](https://twitter.com/abowmanr)

## MOTW
- [Draggable views](https://www.drupal.org/project/draggableviews)
DraggableViews makes rows of a view "draggable" which means that they can be rearranged by Drag'n'Drop.